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Hopefully Ferrari will have some decent race pace again. If not, it would be nice if Rosberg could mess the start up.

You mean like he did in Melbourne, yet still got handed the race on a silver platter?

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A bit awkward situation with Alonso. They have medical tests to clear a driver, but now he is only clear for free practise. Is it because they're pushing the FIA to let Alonso race, have they become more carefull or is this coming from Alonso?

The whole medical scrutiny has been curious at best the last two years.

Looking at the tremendous impact and the problems he had following that, I think both Alonso and the FIA doctors are being way too optmistic to let him race. In cases like that, it's always better to be on the safe side! We never know what may happen in a race. If Alonso suffers another crash with similar impact, the consequences could be terrible! He should wait and comeback at the start of the European Season at Sochi!

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I don't know. But I think Professor Sid Watkins had allowed Alonso to race already in Bahrain.
Great quote by Brundle:
Moreover the medical aspect of F1 has become more and more mysterious ever since Sid and Hartstein retired. Even during this Alonso case I haven't seen a single statement by Dr. Ian Roberts, if he still works for F1. Just another policy by Todt: keep everything hidden from the public.

His injuries were apparently discovered days after he was cleared after the crash.

Is reporting on f1 matters becoming crap or am i reading the wrong sites? I missed that completely.

Remember Barichello at Imola? He raced with his wrist in a cast.

There is something to be said for 'don't be a wimp, just race', but as an example, Sainz last year should never ever have been allowed to race. Even when he stated he git headaches and almost blacked out, there were no repurcussions.

The medical side seems very iffy and not straight forward at all.

fixed that for you

Hartstein didn't retire, he was removed from Medical Car duty but kept on as a consultant for FIA. Then his consultant contract with FIA wasn't renewed. Both roles changed without reasoning from FIA to Hartstein.

His blog is very enlightening about the procedures, or lack of, during FIA events.

I suspect Sid is turning in his grave.

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Yes, actually, his injuries were announced in the begin of the Bahrain GP week. I completelly agree with you about Sainz. F1 has become so safe lately, that it seems the drivers and even the doctors don't take the risks too seriously. I can understand it (by the driver's side), if it was me, I wouldn't care about the risks of injuries, I would want to race at any cost. But that's where the doctors should act and stop the drivers from doing stupid things. Just hope we have a clean weekend and that Alonso can fully recovery soon!

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Everyone is so paranoid at something going wrong these days. All this insurance crap is making everything so sterile.

Then they decide to put a tractor on a live race track in a dicey corner while its wet

Err, I thought Sainz lied during the medical and said he wasn't experiencing any headaches etc. It was then only after the race that he decided to tell the world what he had infact taken a beating.

That's the way Harstein's blog made it sound.

Oh look, smog.

Hamilton spun.

Puncture for Massa.

Another puncture for Massa.

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Second puncture for Massa, another tyre set gone! Lol!

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Looks like it's rubbing on the body work?

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Oh wow a ton of debris on the back stretch, looks like a Lotus LR suspension is dead.

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Uhh.. those course workers brooms look like they brought them from home.

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Those buildings beyond the front stretch grow in size and number every year